name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
rainwater
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Rainfall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 3
Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fresh water, freshwater
History
Etymology
From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مِيَاه اَلْأَمْطَار (miyāh al-ʔamṭār) — water sourced from rain
- Bulgarian: дъждовна вода (dǎždovna voda) — water sourced from rain
- Chinese Mandarin: 雨水 (yǔshuǐ) — water sourced from rain
- Czech: dešťovka — water sourced from rain
- Czech: dešťová voda — water sourced from rain
- Danish: regnvand — water sourced from rain
- Dutch: regenwater — water sourced from rain
- Finnish: sadevesi — water sourced from rain
- French: eaux de pluie — water sourced from rain
- Galician: auga de choiva — water sourced from rain
- German: Regenwasser — water sourced from rain
- Hindi: वर्षाजल (varṣājal) — water sourced from rain
- Hungarian: esővíz — water sourced from rain
- Icelandic: regnvatn — water sourced from rain
- Indonesian: air hujan — water sourced from rain
- Italian: acqua piovana — water sourced from rain
- Japanese: 雨水 (amamizu) — water sourced from rain
- Japanese: 雨水 (usui) — water sourced from rain
- Korean: 빗물 (binmul) — water sourced from rain
- Korean: 우수 (usu) — water sourced from rain
- Lü: ᦓᧄᧉᦚᦳᧃ (nam2ḟun) — water sourced from rain
- Macedonian: дождовница (doždovnica) — water sourced from rain
- Māori: wai ua — water sourced from rain
- Marathi: पावसाचे पाणी (pāvsāce pāṇī) — water sourced from rain
- Norwegian Bokmål: regnvann — water sourced from rain
- Old English: reġnwæter — water sourced from rain
- Old Tupi: amana — water sourced from rain
- Polish: deszczówka — water sourced from rain
- Portuguese: água da/de chuva — water sourced from rain
- Russian: дождева́я вода́ (doždevája vodá) — water sourced from rain
- Scottish Gaelic: uisge-adhair — water sourced from rain
- Slovak: dažďovica — water sourced from rain
- Slovak: dažďová voda — water sourced from rain
- Southern Altai: јаҥмырдыҥ суузы (ǰaŋmïrdïŋ suuzï) — water sourced from rain
- Spanish: agua de lluvia — water sourced from rain
- Spanish: agua llovediza — water sourced from rain
- Swedish: regnvatten — water sourced from rain
- Tamil: மழைநீர் (maḻainīr) — water sourced from rain
- Tamil: மழைத்தண்ணீர் (maḻaittaṇṇīr) — water sourced from rain
- Tamil: மேனீர் (mēṉīr) — water sourced from rain
- Turkish: yağmur suyu — water sourced from rain
- Tuvan: чаъс суу (çàs suu) — water sourced from rain
- Ukrainian: дощова́ вода́ (doščová vodá) — water sourced from rain
- Vietnamese: nước mưa — water sourced from rain
- Yiddish: רעגן־וואַסער (regn-vaser) — water sourced from rain